Events

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) will be installing electronic monitoring equipment this week to help conduct a water sampling survey on the Little Tallahatchie River in Union County.

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted two advisories Wednesday for stations 7A and 10 in Harrison County. There are currently no stations under an advisory across the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted an advisory Tuesday for Station 9 (Gulfport Harbor Beach). Two advisories remain in effect for stations 7A and 10 in Harrison County..

The Governor’s Delta Sustainable Water Resources Task Force will hold two meetings in September to inform producers in the Mississippi Delta of ongoing and future activities to help address declining water levels in the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer. Lunch will be served at both meetings.

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued advisories Friday for stations 7A and 10 in Harrison County. An advisory remains in effect for station 9.

Gov. Phil Bryant announced today that the U.S. Department of the Treasury has issued grant awards for two Mississippi RESTORE projects. In June 2017, Gov. Bryant announced the approval of grant awards for six other projects.

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a water contact advisory Thursday for sampling station 8 (Gulfport West Beach). An advisory remains in effect for station 9.

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, lifted a water contact advisory Monday for sampling station 19 (Pascagoula Beach West). Advisories remain in effect for stations 8 and 9.

Late Cretaceous age fossil crinoid, Dunnicrinus mississippiensis, calyx and ossicles in a slab of crinoidal limestone from the Prairie Bluff Chalk in Clay Co. Photo: George Phillips, @MSScienceMuseum. #FossilFriday @dtleader